Jharkhand Born: India's 28th State Emerges
Jharkhand separated from Bihar to become India's 28th state, granting self-governance to eighteen mineral-rich districts whose tribal populations had demanded autonomy for decades. The new state controlled vast reserves of coal, iron, and copper, giving its predominantly Adivasi population direct authority over resources that had long enriched distant governments.
November 15, 2000
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